The government of Trinidad and Tobago wants to remove a depiction of three ships used by Christopher Columbus from its coat of arms, in a
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Minister seeks legal settlement in case of South Africa’s imperilled penguins
South Africa’s new environment minister has said he wants to stop African penguins from going extinct by taking measures including settling a case brought by
Africa to finally receive first batch of vaccines for deadly mpox virus
Africa’s first batch of mpox vaccines will this week finally reach the continent, weeks after they have been made available in other parts of the
Killer asks to return to UK to help find victim’s body 55 years after murder
The chilling words of a convicted murderer will soon be heard, peeling back the decades to a winter’s night in 1969, in a revelatory new
‘Decadent and passive’: China cracks down on ‘throwing eggs’ card game
As recently as last year, Chinese state media was hailing guandan as the card game that “can get you a promotion in China”. The country
US and 10 Latin American states reject Nicolás Maduro’s vote certification
Ten Latin American governments and the US have said they “categorically reject” the Venezuelan supreme court’s decision to confirm Nicolás Maduro’s widely contested claim to
Canadian government moves to ends nationwide rail strike
Canada’s federal government has moved to end a nationwide rail strike that threatened to grind supply chains to a halt, less than a day after
Five children a week killed or injured in Haiti’s gang warfare
Five children have been killed or injured in Haiti for every week of the first six months of 2024, caught in the crossfire of warring
Pressure grows on Maduro after top court endorses Venezuela election win
Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro is facing a growing chorus of international outrage after the government-controlled supreme court endorsed his disputed claim to have won the
Meth worth nearly $6m found in fake watermelons at US-Mexico border
Everyday fruit and vegetables are some of the latest methods Mexican cartels are using to smuggle drugs into the US, recent seizures of methamphetamine suggest.